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NATO leaders gathered at a golf resort near London on Wednesday for a summit acrimonious even by the standards of the Trump era, aiming to tackle sharp disagreements over spending, future threats including China and Turkey’s role in the alliance. With U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised on Sunday “to get Brexit done”, pledging in his Conservative Party’s manifesto to bring his deal to leave the European Union back to parliament before Christmas and ruling out any more delay. With less than three weeks before Britain heads to the polls on …

Labour has launched its general election manifesto, promising to “transform” the UK and to renationalise rail, mail, water and energy. Leader Jeremy Corbyn also vowed, “a green transformation” of the economy, aiming to get the UK “on track” for a net-zero carbon system by the 2030s. The manifesto sets out …

The Middle East Eye (MEE) has reported on November 21, that the US and British military ran at least two secret prisons in Iraq during the months following the 2003 invasion, effectively concealing prisoners from Red Cross inspectors. MEE claims that the British army’s most senior legal advisor in the …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged voters to back his Conservatives in a Dec. 12 election or face the “horror show” of two referendums next year if Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn was elected. Officially launching the start of campaign from outside his Downing Street residence, Johnson said that if he was …

The veteran Labour party MP, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has replaced John Bercow as the Speaker of the House of Commons. Hoyle, who has been an MP for the Chorley constituency since 1997, becomes the 158th speaker of the House of Commons after beating six other contenders in a secret ballot …

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has just ruled out a second Scottish independence referendum. Speaking on Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday program, the Prime Minister said that his government will not authorize another legally-binding Scottish independence referendum. “We had one in 2014, the British people, the people of Scotland, …

The fate of Britain’s departure from the European Union could be decided in a Dec. 12 election after Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally won parliamentary approval for a gamble that he hopes will break the deadlock over Brexit. Johnson, who has failed to deliver on his “do or die” promise …

Britain was heading towards a December election on Tuesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bet on breaking the Brexit deadlock with an early vote gained support from opposition parties. As the European Union finalizes the third delay to the divorce that was originally supposed to take place on March 29, …

Police are investigating whether the deaths of 39 people found in a lorry in Essex were part of a “wider conspiracy” to traffic people, following reports the victims had set out from Vietnam in a larger group. British detectives met with the Vietnamese ambassador to the UK on Saturday, amid …

UK PM Boris Johnson has grown frustrated over whether to hold a snap election or try instead to push his Brexit-enabling withdrawal agreement bill through the House of Commons again. Although MPs approved Boris Johnson’s bill during a second reading this week, they rejected his accelerated timetable, saying they needed …

Britain secured a Brexit deal with the European Union on Thursday, more than three years after Britons voted to leave the bloc, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson must still win a knife-edge vote in parliament to get the agreement approved. The deal comes after years of divisive and frequently acrimonious …

With only a couple of days to go before a Brexit deal on Britain’s scheduled date of departure (October 31) from the European Union (EU) becomes impossible, there is much confusion about the outcome. In the latest development, the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Leo Varadkar, has said there are “many …

A defiant Boris Johnson faces parliament on Wednesday after a Supreme Court ruling that he had unlawfully shut it down, with opponents seeking new ways to block him from taking Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31 without a deal. After three years of Brexit crisis and Johnson’s …

Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. Mr. Johnson suspended – or prorogued – Parliament for five weeks earlier this month, but judges said it was wrong to stop MPs carrying out duties in the run-up to Brexit on 31 October. Supreme Court president …

One of the world’s oldest travel firms, Thomas Cook Group, has entered compulsory liquidation effective immediately. With all flights and tours canceled, the collapse will affect hundreds of thousands of travelers around the world. It is estimated that at least 600,000 people all across the globe will be affected, forcing …

The second-largest country in the world by total area, Canada, is one of the most highly urbanized globally. However, none of its citizens have the right to own physical land in the country. Land in Canada is solely owned by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who is also the head of …

With no end to the Brexit impasse in sight, European governments are growing increasingly anxious over the status of their UK-based citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Poland is leading the way by advising its UK-based citizens to consider their options carefully in a post-Brexit world. The Polish …

Europe’s press has largely reported Boris Johnson’s visit to Luxembourg as a humiliation for the British prime minister – with many outlets focusing on him skipping a press conference because of protesters. “In the end, the man who has defined himself as ‘Incredible Hulk’ has become invisible,” Italian newspaper La …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of the British parliament was unlawful, a Scottish court ruled on Wednesday, prompting immediate calls for lawmakers to return to work as the government and parliament battle over the future of Brexit. Scotland’s highest court of appeal ruled that Johnson’s decision to prorogue or …